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“I was made of frost and rot and endless things. I was not made to fear the Folk.”
― Lyra Selene, A Feather So Black

“His was the beauty of the night—dark moons and dark deeds. His was the beauty of the forest—hiding teeth and hiding monsters. His was the beauty of black ice—slick and thin and masking death.”
― Lyra Selene, A Feather So Black

“If your love only destroys, let it destroy me. I am already a doomed man.”
― Lyra Selene, A Feather So Black

“Stories had their lies but also their truths. Stories were how we taught ourselves to fear the things we secretly desired.
Dark forests. Beautiful monsters. Broken hearts.”
― Lyra Selene, A Feather So Black

“The joy is in the thrill of the fight, not the promise of a kill.”
― Lyra Selene, A Feather So Black

“You are brave, colleen." The smile he gave me was feral. "I have eviscerated men for less."

I smiled back. "Good thing I am no man.”
― Lyra Selene, A Feather So Black

“In real life, stories didn't end in grand climaxes or tragic denouements. They simply faded--dim beneath the dust of duty, dark in the afterglow of burned-out lust.”
― Lyra Selene, A Feather So Black